LI By Richard J.Needham om Coluinins: ia) In the Toronto Globe and Mal SE {much it costs to buy ‘a man's Stsoul, but dow ite, 106, $e whee you's ‘re old, the pure ‘pose of life’ becomes. magnifi- xcently simple and obvious, It's to keep on living, Zo elferwe We pay off our debts, not <0 much because we are honest, abut because. we hope: fo incur more’ and | bigger ones. M Betoro the wedding, you ‘discover 10 per cent about him;. SNalter the wedding, you get the Bayou 90 per cent thrown tne * 3 Cigarette actaes have a ixth. senise’ which tells’ them they've got one going some- here, and they'd better find it « Wefore it burns the place down. eres ‘Those who ean, do; Those Piwho can’t, get diplomas saying” ‘they can. ty eye 5 Which, wonder, are the more pathetic—the old who are putting in time until they die, ‘or the young who are putting in time until they: live?: e soe Something ew: has -ar- rived in St, Louis—the reading room, where (for.$24 an hour), ‘an attractive young lady with lttle or nothing on will read to ‘you from: a dirty ‘Tom: ‘wieker ~the ‘worst! thing that can happen to a man is to be somebody’ 's master, Pretty soon if you're a master, you find yourself beating’ up Fryour slave, or taking his woman ‘or starving his kids, just jbecause you can do it. Because you're free to do it, and if you | Letter to the Editor Swart eee to the article in = eck's paper about Benge of the bear in New CASTLEGAR NEWS, ‘Thursday, There a are Still Souls for Sale —It'sthe Price’ that Gels You ‘The awful thing is not how 18, 1975 *Y are, you can'thelp doing it, And * then you begin to do It to him because you like to do it to him. You like the freedom to doit ‘even more.’And the next thing ‘you know, you're as much a +» slave as he ls, You're dependent ‘on him for your freedom just as much as he's dependent on you in his slavery.” oe ve Detente? Ah yes, that's rwhat you get—or may reason- aby hope, to get—after you've. ° been married 90 years, eee > Russia has its Stberla, and uses it. We have our North, and why don't we use that? Every time I read in the paper that * some creep has molested a little girl, I reflect that there aren't many little girls around Ches- terfield rales eoce ‘The arnt of Minne: sota has come up with & $36,000 project: which It wants that state's crime commission to finance: “The major objective: of the project Is to assess the. extent to.which early education via the use of pets, in empathy, responsibility, and: regard for behavioral consequences; are. instrumental in: deterring “po- tentially ‘delinquent. ning year; old boys from $1,500 Grand Prize in, Poetry Competition ‘A $1,600 grand ‘prize will, be awarded in’ the current _ poetry’ competition sronsored by the World of Poetry, a monthly newsletter for poets. Poems of all styles and on any subject are eligible to. compete for the grand prize or for 49 other cash or merchan- dise: awards.: Second place Is $500. : According to contest di- rector, Jeseph Mellon, “We are “encouraging poctic talent of every kind, and expect our. contest to produce exelting discoveries.” Rules'and official entry ‘ forms are available by writing { tor: World (of Poetry, 801 “Portola: De., Dept. 211, San * Francisco CA 94127. Contest loses ‘November: od 207 “T WONDER what the poor people are doing toda; as we lay back.on,a bed of moss, ourbellles stuffed with fried {fillet of pickerel, looked” upatahi an a quent. acts.” : Se See sear The Conservatives made a. mistake, I believe, in deciding to hold their national leadership: ‘convention at Ottawa. A lot o Canadians (I'm just one) dislike - Ottawa, and the things Ottawa: atands for. It's the place where. “they tell the’ lies; cook the) books, print the counterfeit, and make the dirty little deals, Ecch! It seems to me the ; += would have helped themselves by having the convention at clgarelle Aen : AWe ‘baa’ -just'/fintshed iG shore. dinner, * prepared |b} »“ourguide, andhad sothing ix the world to do but have a: Uttle rest: and go back and catch some more “No wives Teen: child- ren’ squabbling, ~telephone : nging, tires squealing, blatting ead: “fines iNo. declsfons to make, .disputes ‘to handle, com- promises to make, people to et sorted out, problems to some ‘honest—well, ‘more »*2 honest—place such as Hamilton or Halifax or Regina : | Objects fo Shoaing of Bear ac emay not be pasate: but Saskatchewan patty apretty fair approxt- mation ‘to "it, if you like fishing, and clean alr, and a “complete. lack of tension, “notse and pollution. Some, of the weekly -” the’ abe Lungergian meer tion ee . im permission te shoot the beby if gaye bin, 3 y “people | had ‘elected to go on a fishing trip Lin gome of the best, fishin, gouty taiths worlds" Te Atk igaboazer' to. go ing trip > : hat mother bea two little cubs had been around Sithe neighborhood since before 3’. Slam: She had not done any harm all day. Some fellows said they izer gun. That would have been’ okay. “Tot of other people see red is'a “coming in and promptly shoot- Sing that’ mother. bear on: the Tennessee Aromatic, Cedar] * Chests { 3 Every Bride's, gee Aatisic Design: Superb vality i Vat : pMATOWER SERVICE {Slocan Park /./+)= "But what takes me and a “> than tipping over a few garbage ‘non-resident’ ofthe ‘village : whlch fe wash ‘The same day there was a” mothér bear and her three cubs 7 within a few hundred feet of ‘our local ‘school... Nothing, was ‘done‘about them.- ‘We have had bears around our town all summer and other cans, they, haven't/done any harm so'I don't think we need trigger-happy::peope.- from other ‘town: shooting’ in our’ town even if + they. do get’ permission. 1 think the: government (Fish and Wildlife) should have, more bear. traps and: tranquil. ker guns; available for areas where’ bears are! ‘prevalent in the fall. Mrs. J, ord. !New Denver, B.C, PLUMBING: & = ‘HEATING LTD, raing’ in and’ bee eh - “Site 5 = Comp.°11 “$8. a = Castleger 5 SALES & SERVICE SEPTIC. TANKS: & AD Mike Tomlin ee Torna 36555102 2365-5034, guide, Southern France. AC We were ‘guests of: the Saskatchewan © Department. ‘of: Tourism’ and Renewable |. Resources, quite a mouthful. And fine hosts they’ were: “They - supplied’ transporta- ion, accommodation, boats ‘and ‘guides: +All we had to buy was our food. « Don't ever. tell me again that “Saskatchewan ‘means endless ‘miles. of. prairie. More than half the province makes up some of the most striking. wilderness. in Canada; of square miles of lakes ‘and forest. ‘And> they’ ‘some of it on Lalevisicn: It's real. Time and again soul ‘see two, oreventhree people in one boat, all with a fish on the line. ‘Some of the fish-hogs from. ‘Ontario were literally hys:- terical after half ia days hing. Tt begins like this,” ‘The guide takes you out to a spot, and you troll slowly. ‘In five minutes you've caught a pike that would have: delighted you back home. ‘“Betterthrow it back. Let im grow up." mutters the laconteally.:: You' are Feady to’ cluteh”-that~ four” © aurmuted ty fishing mate, > apie to all merchandise — gifts as well as flowers Getting Married?” Book your ‘orders now and ‘save 210 per ce eee order TOMORROW IS 10 PCT. DAY. AT. HELEN'S "FLOWER. AND, (GIFT: SHOP LTD. “HELEN’S FLOWER AND > GIFT, SHOP LTD, 73.Maple St. — Phone 265.5191 ac ‘about the same size, Sud-! denly, your: fishing partner, = nid ; _ He's not bad,” sure gloomily. “And so on: Same with picke hit a hot spot, you can ah é up,"that is, cateh your quota for the day, in half an hour) Quotas are generous, and thererare wiofewer*than™42 apecled oftgarifish Yn tht vin P "So much tor the: fishing. It's so good that a four-year. old chimpanzee or! an 4 year-old senile grandmother could catch’ fish. "I'know:. I < caughtone over nine pounds. He was only seven when we netted him,’ but: he's: been growing steadily since. SAside from. the - fishing, there is the magnificent feeling ‘of being away from it ll. Miles: and’ miles” and ie of clean water. and of acres of bush, andl Uttle: oid you right in the middle of 3 Most the northern lakes have only a few outfitters on them, andthe - government, to cheers from me, isnot leasing more shore property. Without govern ment intervention, I can see these beautiful, lonely lakes favaged by motor-boats, ringed .with cottages, and “soggy with pollution’ in a ve “very few years, B ~" With® 20-odd. assorted bodies, men," women. and children, and. a’ most. con- genial group we were, I was dropped: off, after a_bone- rattling, seven-hour bus were all pretty pooped, and I hitthe jackpot. 2 Tt was my-first experience of Y pat ate western hos- ostess, Mrs. ie Mirtin showed metoa~ “fine, modern, log cabin, com- pletely outfitted with every- thing including indoor : ‘Honest Indian No Kiddingff In the Netherlands, every- os Tides'a bleyee young and ald; rich and poor; male and female, in all manner of dress, ‘and: sometimes carrying addi- tional passengers or baggage of every description. It ts said the |, Dutch even “Walk their dogs” ; on-a bicycle} Braking for “breaks” at every tree, no doubt, ~ Sewing “* Machines, Typewriters, TV's B&W and Color TV's for rent by week or month Union Peters 1334 Cedar Ave., Trall Telephone 366-6331 _ Waterworks and alee room for eight, Thad eid myself. It was like walking deep Into the: jungle’ and being shown toaroom at the Ritz, ‘The. Martins couldn't. do. Sey eat all my. meals with them, “and refused’ any payment. Garnet,: the husband, and Bernard, No. 1 son, fixed me upwitha‘esp ajeekets aft ~ “rod and | tackle, Highlight. of my. whole trip, perhapa, was an bour's” Bightover the ara, at fairly th low "tev cra ag oe) Bre flea an ancient but eae ‘Aeronea, and it was my first +o flight in aamall, light alreraft, for many a year. My wife would have ia a ahe'd seen her old boy elimb was quite a thrilling aught’ with a viow of lakes ‘and ‘islands’ a3 far as’ you could see. It was made even more casting by. the’ facts that: I Parachute, there was peeps ‘one engine, there.was no place to land if. he motor conked, except on’.